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Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 19th 2015, 8:19 pm

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The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

In the short-term a falling currency leads to a lower value of exports because the value of the products exported is lower e.g. the value of tar-sand oil falls from $60 to $25, with no increase in...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 16th 2015, 8:12 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

A numskull near us has one, and it takes off like a scalded cat at traffic lights, but the idiot driving it won't do more than 25mph on an interstate cloverleaf on-ramp that I can take at 45mph in my...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 16th 2015, 4:14 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

I have never played golf, and don't anticipate doing so. :)

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 16th 2015, 3:59 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Sacrilege! :frown:

I haven't driven an electric vehicle since I last drove a forklift, and I can't imagine any circumstances under which I would want to drive an electric vehicle. :unsure:

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 16th 2015, 1:36 am

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Please put me down for a Ferrari 250 GTO. :)

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 15th 2015, 1:20 am

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Currency doesn't exist in a vacuum, it is the grease that makes the economy work. Paradoxically if you jack up interest rates, which economics 101 tells us should increase the value of a currency,...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 14th 2015, 11:48 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Yeah, that'll help industry! :rolleyes:

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 11th 2015, 6:58 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Women often favour drugs, and most OD's, if caught in time can be saved. Paracetamol unfortunately is remarkably effective, but takes 2-3 days, by which time the unfortunate person who OD'ed on them...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 10th 2015, 8:44 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

That is not entirely true, and the margins by which production in a low-labour-cost country is more profitable are much lower than they were just a few years ago. My part of the US lost a lot of...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 10th 2015, 5:28 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Coal, gas, and ore did the same thing to the Ozzie dollar, .... and entirely eliminated the Australian car manufacturing industry. :(

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 9th 2015, 10:14 pm

Replies: 74

The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

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Posted By Pulaski

Re: The dark side of layoffs and bad economy

Is any ethnic break-down available? I wonder if the influx of East Asian immigrants into BC has had a measurable impact on the suicide rate as East Asian countries are often reported to have...

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